- Seminar: 'Presentation of Nuka, the personal assistance robot of the MyRobot project'
The MyRobot project, led by Blanca Deusdad and Fernando Vidal, will study the impact of companion robots on people with dementia. To this end, it will make the seal robot known as Nuka, which was presented to the university community on 8 January at the Catalunya campus, available to elderly people with dementia.
- Workshop: 'Elements of psychoanalysis to subvert the medicalisation of childhood and education'
On 20 and 21 January 2025 we had the visit of Dr. Leandro de Lajonquière, Professor at the universities of Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis (France) and São Paulo (Brazil), who conducted this two-days' workshop. The activity was organised by MARC, DAFITS, DAC and MASGLOBAL.
- Coffee with Carolina Kobelinsky
On 31 January 2025, during the traditional DAFiTS coffee break, we had the opportunity to meet and talk with Carolina Kobelinsky. This anthropologist and CNRS researcher, who has devoted herself in recent years to investigate on the disappearance of migrants at the southern borders of Europe, was invited by our colleague Jordi Moreras.
- Book presentation: 'Salam Barcelona. Medio siglo de presencia musulmana'
On Wednesday 5 February, at the Arxiu d'Etnografia de Catalunya (Room 521), Dr Joan Prat Carós presented the book 'Salam Barcelona. Medio siglo de presencia musulmana', by Jordi Moreras.
- Workshop: 'Género y Salud mental'
On 14 February 2025 at the Francesca Bonnemaison Library in Barcelona, several MARC - DAFiTS members organized and participated at this workshop. Among them: Elisa Alegre, Sandra Caponi, Martín Correa-Urquiza, Sam Fernández and Ángel Martínez.